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A  COMEDY  FOR  A  SINGING 
QUARTETTE 


BY 

HARRY  L.  NEWTON 

AUTHOR  OF 

“ Breakfast  Food  for  Two”  “A  Bundle  of  Burnt  Cork  Comedy ” 
ilA  Cold  Finish”  (l Doings  of  a  Dude,”  “A  Dutch  Cocktail,”  . 
“ Fresh  Timothy  Hay,”  “ The  Fleiress  of  Hoetown,”  “Glickman 
the  Glazier,”  t(Hey,  Rube!”  “ Jay ville  Junction,”  “Marriage 
and  After,”  “Mr.  and  Mrs.  Fido,”  “One  Sweetheart  for 
Two,”  “Oshkosh  Next  Week,”  “O’Toole's  Battle  of 
Ante-Up,”  “Pickles  for  Two,”  “The  Pooh  Bah  of 
Peacetozmi,”  “Si  and  I,”  “A  Special  Sale,”  “A 
Tramp  With  a  Tramp,”  “The  Troubles 
of  Rozinski”  “Tivo  Jay  Detectives,” 

“Uncle  Bill  at  the  Vaudeville ,” 
and  “ Words  to  the  Wise.” 


CHICAGO 

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CHARACTERS. 


Tom . •. . A  Young  Actor 

Dick  . Another 

Harry . And  Another 

Bill . A  Bell  Boy 


Time — Hard  Times. 


Time  of  Playing — About  Twenty  Minutes , 


COSTUMES. 

Tom — Ordinary  black  trousers,  no  coat,  vest  unbuttoned, 
stand-up  collar  and  flowing  tie.  Talks  and  acts  briskly. 

Dick — Loud  trousers,  low  shoes  and  loud  socks ;  no  coat, 
red  vest  and  green  tie.  Brisk  in  speech  and  action. 

IIarry — Light  suit  complete.  Slow  in  speech  and  action. 

Bill — Red  wig  ;  blue  suit  and  brass  buttons.  Very  slangy 
in  talk  and  manner.  Makes  all  entrances  and  exits  in  rush¬ 
ing  manner. 


STAGE  DIRECTIONS. 

R.  means  right  of  the  stage ;  C.,  center ;  R .  C v  right  cen¬ 
ter  ;  L.}  left ;  R.  D.,  right  door ;  L.  D.y  left  door,  etc. ;  1  E 
first  entrance ;  U.  E.,  upper  entrance,  etc. ;  D.  F.}  door  in  flat 
or  scene  running  across  the  back  of  the  stage ;  1  G.f  first 
groove,  etc.  The  actor  is  supposed  to  be  facing  the  audience. 


COPYRIGHT,  1908,  DY  T.  S.  DENISON. 


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Scene:  Bedroom  in  a  cheap  hotel.  Door  R.  or  L.  Tzvo 
single  iron  beds ,  washstand  with  bowl  and  pitcher ;  small 
trunk  on  door. 

At  rise  of  curtain ,  Tom  is  discovered  lying  on  one  bed 
reading  Clipper ;  Dick  is  sitting  on  other  bed  playing  soli¬ 
taire,  while  Harry  is  seated  at  washstand  writing  letter; 
washbowl  and  pitcher  are  shoved  to  one  side. 


Tom.  Gee,  this  Clipper  is  getting  to  be  something  fierce. 
Nobody  in  the  world  would  know  that  we  were  actors  if 
they  read  this  paper. 

Dick.  And  I  guess  they  wouldn't  know  it  if  they  didn't 
read  it. 

Tom.  Well,  we  worked  five  weeks  ago  for  three  days 
and  this  junk  paper  don't  even  mention  the  fact. 

Dick.  Well,  why  didn’t  you  send  our  route  to  the  Clip¬ 
per? 

Tom.  Route?  Say,  how  can  I  send  what  I  haven’t  got? 
Route?  If  I  had  car  fare  I’d  ride  down  to  the  depot  and 
iju  flirt  with  a  train  that  was  just  going  somewhere — anywhere, 
I  wouldn’t  care  where. 

C  Dick.  Oh,  don’t  be  discouraged.  Harry  is  out  now  to 
the  agent’s  office  trying  to  book  time  for  us.  Besides,  we 
jz  have  Oshkosh  for  next  week. 

Tom.  That’s  so.  I  clean  forgot  Oshkosh.  It’s  a  good 
thing  for  us  that  we  have  Oshkosh  next  week,  too. 

Knock  on  door.  All  yell  (<Come  in!"  Enter  Bill  with 
letter  in  hand. 

Bill.  Here’s  a  letter  for  youse  guys. 

Tom.  Well,  give  it  to  me  and  breeze  along. 

Bill.  Nix,  kiddo.  There  is  messenger  charges  on  this 

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missive.  Slip  me  a  dime  and  I  slip  youse  the  letter.  Other¬ 
wise  nix. 

Tom.  Oh,  is  that  it  ?  ( Feels  in  his  pockets .)  Dick,  give 
the  kid  a  dime.  I  haven’t  anything  but  bills. 

Bill.  Yes,  laundry  bills  and  room  rent  bills.  Oh,  I’m 
wise  to  you  guys,  all  right. 

Dick  (to  Harry).  Harry,  have  you  a  dime  in  change? 

Harry  (not  looking  up  from  his  writing).  Say,  if  I  had 
a  whole  dime  all  my  own  I’d  take  out  a  musical  comedy. 

Tom  (to  Bill).  Say,  kid,  be  a  good  fellow.  That  letter 
may  be  very  important.  Where's  it  from? 

Dick.  Yes,  where’s  it  from? 

Bill  (reading  from  envelope).  "Return  in  five  days  to 
Blinks  and  Winks,  Advanced  Vaudeville  Agents.” 

Tom.  That’s  it.  That’s  our  time.  Give  it  to  me  kid. 

Bill  (hesitating  at  first,  then  gives  letter).  All  right. 
To  show  you  I’m  a  good  fellow — here.  I’ll  pay  the  dime 
myself  (hands  Tom  letter  arid  then  goes  to  door).  Oh,  say, 
I’ve  got  some  good  news  for  youse  guys.  The  landlord 
says  if  you  don’t  flash  some  coin  by  tonight  you’ll  have  to 
get  out — see  ?  (Exit. ) 

Dick.  I  never  did  admire  that  landlord,  anyhow.  Open 
the  letter,  Tom,  and  we’ll  tell  the  landlord  to  go  where  I 
wish  he  was  now. 

Tom  (tearing  open  envelope,  reads  aloud).  Your  week 
at  Oshkosh  is  hereby  canceled.  There  is  nothing  in  sight 
for  the  next  three  months  to  Gome.  Yours  truly,  Blinks  and 
Winks.  (All  display  dejected  feeling.) 

Knock  on  door  and  enter  Bill. 

Bill.  Oh,  I  forgot  to  tell  you  guys.  I’ve  got  some  good 
news  for  youse.  The  landlord  says  if  you  don’t  pay  up  he’ll 
have  a  prize  fighter  come  up  here  and  kick  in  all  your  slats. 

( Exit. ) 

Tom.  Great! 

Dick.  Immense ! 

Harry.  Say,  what  did  you  guys  ever  coax  me  to  go  on 
the  stage  for? 

Tom.  Oh,  get  out.  Nobody  coaxed  you  on. 

Dick.  No.  I  only  wish  they  would. 

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Harry.  Didn’t  you  tell  me  that  I  had  a  good  voice  ? 

Tom.  Yes,  you  did  have  a  sweet  voice  once.  I  never 
heard  a  sweeter  voice  in  all  my  life  than  when  you  used  to 
wait  on  me  in  that  little  old  restaurant  back  home  and  you 
used  to  sing:  '‘Ham  and  eggs,  well  done!”  Gee,  I’d  like  to 
hear  that  voice  again. 

Dick.  Oh,  well,  while  there’s  life  there’s  hope.  Look 
in  the  Clipper  Tom,  and  see  if  somebody  don’t  want  a 
quartette.  (Dick  picks  up  cards  and  shuffles  them ,  Tom 
picks  up  Clipper  and  Harry  resumes  writing .) 

Tom  ( after  short  pause).  Well,  look  who’s  here.  Boys, 
we’re  made.  Our  names  are  here.  Listen:  “The  Garden 
City  Four  played  a  three  days’  engagement  at  Applecore 
Center  week  of  Jan.  15.  Their  act  is  good — ” 

Dick.  I  always  thought  the  Clipper  was  the  greatest 
theatrical  paper  in  the  country.  Read  the  rest. 

Tom.  “Their  act  is  good —  ”Gee,  that  sounds  good, 
doesn’t  it?  “Their  act  is  good — ”  ( turns  over  page)  “good 
and — rotten.” 

Dejected  business  by  all ,  then  knoek  on  door  and  enter  Bill. 

Bill.  Say,  I  forgot  to  tell  youse  guys.  I’ve  got  some 
good  news  for  you.  The  prize  fighter  is  down  stairs  and 
the  landlord  has  telephoned  for  the  ambulance.  (Exit.) 

Tom.  Boys,  this  is  no  place  for  me.  Something  is  going 
to  come  ofif. 

Dick.  Yes,  you’ve  had  my  shirt  on  long  enough.  Take 
ir  ofif. 

Tom.  Oh,  don’t  get  peevish  about  your  old  shirt. 

Dick.  Well,  I  don’t  want  it  kicked  full  of  holes  by  that 
prize  fighter. 

Harry.  Say,  who’s  got  an  envelope? 

Tom.  I  think  there’s  one  in  our  trunk. 

Harry  (goes  to  trunk,  opens  it  and  throws  out  a  collar , 
a  roll  of  music,  a  necktie,  then  picks  up  a  cigarette  butt  and 
holds  it  up).  Well,  gee  whiz! 

Tom.  Holy  smoke.  Ain’t  he  the  lucky  dog? 

Dick.  That’s  my  butt. 

Harry.  Now,  don’t  you  butt  in,  little  one. 

Dick.  Well,  ain’t  that  our  trunk? 


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Harry.  Maybe,  but  it  ain’t  our  cigarette.  I  don’t  think 
you’ve  got  any  interest  in  this  trunk  nohow.  I  didn't  see 
you  hand  any  part  of  the  price  of  it  to  the  man  who  sold 
it  to  us. 

Tom.  That’s  right.  Take  your  clothes  out  of  our  trunk. 

Dick.  Oh,  I  can  do  that,  too.  I  don't  need  your  old 
trunk.  (Goes  to  trunk  and  takes  out  a  collar,  pair  of  socks 
and  a  red  vest.) 

Harry  (fishes  envelope  out  of  trunk  and  returns  to  stand. 
He  lights  butt  and  the  others  smack  their  lips  and  inhale  and 
exhale  as  he  does). 

Dick.  Who  are  you  writing  to,  Harry? 

Harry  (picking  up  pen  and  addressing  envelope).  I’m 
writing  to — mother. 

Dick  and  Tom  (together).  Oh! 

Harry  (reading  from  letter).  “Dear  Mother:-— I  take 
up  my  pen  with  a  full  heart — ” 

Dick.  And  an  empty  stomach. 

Harry.  “As  everything  is  moving  nicely — ” 

Tom.  That  ain’t  no  lie.  We’ll  be  moving  before  long. 

Harry.  “We  are  stopping  at  a  very  swell  hotel,  which 
overlooks  the  handsomest  street  in  town — ” 

Dick.  Yes,  and  it  overlooks  a  lot  of  other  things,  includ¬ 
ing  clean  towels  and  clean  beds,  and  so  forth. 

Harry.  “Have  just  finished  eating  my  dinner — ”  Say, 
boys,  how  do  you  spell  dinner,  anyway? 

Tom.  A  fool  can  ask  questions  that  a  wise  man  can’t 
answer. 

Harry.  “They  certainly  do  set  a  fine  table  here.  Today 
we  had  blue  points,  five  kinds  of  soup,  celery,  olives,  three 
kinds  of  fish,  young  turkey,  rice  croquets,  asparagus  on  toast, 
spaghetti  a  la  Italiano,  and — and  pork  and  beans — ”  (Tom 
and  Dick  both  soak  him  with  pillows.) 

Tom.  Well,  wouldn’t  that  give  you  dyspepsia? 

Dick.  You  forgot  to  tell  her  all  the  good  news  we  heard 
this  morning,  and  that  you  had  a  bottle  of  wine  for  a  chaser 
to  that  dinner. 

Harry.  I  promised  my  mother  I  would  never  drink 
wine,  or  become  an  actor. 

Tom.  Well,  you  kept  your  promise. 


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Enter  Bill. 

Bill.  Say,  1  forgot  to  tell  youse  guys.  The  other  guy 
that  belongs  to  your  act  was  coming  from  the  agent’s  office 
with  a  contract.  And  he  fell  down  and  broke  something. 

All.  What  did  he  break? 

Bill.  He  broke  his  contract. 

Dick.  Poor  boy.  Now  what  are  we  to  do? 

Bill.  He  gave  me  this  to  give  to  you.  ( Hands  letter.) 

Tom  ( takes  letter  and  reads).  Great  Scott!  Contracts 
for  twelve  weeks. 

Dick.  Now,  what  are  we  to  do  without  him? 

Bill.  Say,  I  forgot  to  tell  youse  guys — 

Tom.  Oh,  Lord,  some  more  good  news? 

Bill.  I’m  one  of  them  actors  myself.  Take  me  with 
the  troupe. 

Dick.  Why,  you  don’t  know  our  songs. 

Bill.  Don’t  I?  Try  me  and  see,  kiddo. 

Tom.  Well,  I  suppose  it’s  a  case  of  any  port  in  a  storm. 

Finish  by  Quartette  singing  two  or  three  songs  and 
exeunt,  zvhere  they  quickly  don  coats,  hats,  and  re-enter, 
each  carrying  a  suit  case,  introducing  the  song  “ 1  Visit  Me 
Good  Luck  on  My  Journey /’  or  any  song  of  similar  nature. 
A  very  effective  and  pleasing  finale  is  produced  by  all  march¬ 
ing  off  stage  at  the  final  chorus  in  time  to  music  of  song. 


.  CURTAIN. 

Note:  The  author’s  idea  in  this  act  is  to  tell  the  story 
before  any  singing  is  done,  as  songs  would  interfere  in  the 
telling,  leaving  all  singing  for  the  finish. 


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HEY,  RUBE! — Monologue,  by  Harry  L.  Newton;  1  male.  Time, 
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first  time.  The  way  he  tells  of  the  sights  and  what  befell  him 
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than  anything  else  in  the  world.” 

MY  FRIEND  FRITZ. — Dutch  monologue,  by  Harry  L.  Newton; 
1  male.  Time,  15  minutes.  Hans  Snitzer,  a  German  but  not  from 
Milwaukee,  has  some  funny  experiences.  His  Turkish  bath  story 
will  thaw  out  anv  audience. 

PETE  YANSEN’S  GURL’S  MODER.— Swede  monologue,  by  Char¬ 
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“Min-ap-lis”  where  they  make  good  Swede  “yokes.” 

SI  AND  I. — Country  girl  monologue,  by  Harry  L.  Newton;  1 
female.  Time,  15  minutes.  Samantha  Simpkins  of  Squashville  and 
her  beau,  Si,  visit  Chicago. 

SILLY  SAMMY’S  SECR ETS.— Country  kid  monologue,  by  Harry 
L.  Newton;  1  male.  Time,  10  minutes.  A  merry  message  of  mirth 
sent  direct  from  “down  on  the  farm.” 

A  SUNNY  SON  OF  ITALY.— Italian  monologue  by  Harry  L. 
Newton;  1  male.  Time,  15  minutes.  Dis-a  country  no  much -a 
good  for  Italian  mans.  German  mans  he  make -a  all  de  beer; 
Jew  mans  he  make-a  all  de  money;  Irish  mans  he  made-a  all  de 
politicians  and  hold -a  all  de  soft-a  snap  jobs.  What-a  you  know 
about  dat,  eh? 

A  SWIFT  PROPOSITION.— Monologue,  by  Harry  L.  Newton:  1 
male.  Time,  15  minutes.  There  are  various  kinds  of  vehicles,  but 
“A  Swift  Proposition”  is  one  which  will  transport  any  audience 
into  a  realm  of  mirth. 

A  TRAMP  WITH  A  TRAMP. — Tramp  monologue,  by  Harry  L. 
Newton;  1  male.  Time.  15  minutes.  Nifty  Nick,  a  gentleman  of 
leisure,  who  tramps  along  a  highway  of  mirth,  where  each  “hand 
out”  is  a  bunch  of  laughs. 

THE  TROUBLES  OF  ROZ I N SK I .— Jew  monologue,  by  Harry  L. 
Newton  and  A.  S.  Hoffman;  1  male.  Time.  15  minutes.  Rozinski, 
a  buttonhole  maker,  is  forced  to  join  the  union  and  go  on  a 
“strike.”  He  has  troubles  every  minute  that  will  tickle  the  ribs 
of  both  Labor  and  Capital. 

UNCLE  BILL  AT  THE  VAUDEVILLE.-Rube  montplogue,  by 
Harry  L.  Newton;  1  male.  Time,  15  minutes.  Uncle  Bill  Bilkins, 
a  wise  old  Rube,  attends  the  continuous  vaudeville  and  sees  the 
“hull  durn  show.”  , 

WOMEN’S  WAYS.— Monologue,  by  Harry  L.  Newton;  1  male. 
Time,  15  minutes.  There  are  two  kinds  of  women  of  which  men 
should  beware,  the  married  and  the  unmarried.'  Both  have  curi¬ 
ous  ways,  which  are  told  in  a  most  humorous  manner. 

WORDS  TO  THE  W ISE.— Monologue,  by  Harry  Newton;  1  male. 
Time  about  15  minutes.  A  typical  vaudeville  act,  which  is  fat 
with  funny  lines  and  rich,  rare  hits. 

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April  Fools,  30  min .  3 

Assessor,  The,  10  min . .'  3  2 

Baby  Show  at  Pineville,  20  min.  19 
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Colored  Honeymoon,  25  min...  2  2 
Coon  Creek  Courtship,  15  min.  1  1 

Coming  Champion,  20  min  .  ...  2 
Coontown  Thirteen  Club,  25  m.  14 

Counterfeit  Bills,  20  min .  1  1 

Darktown  Fire  Brigade,  25  min.  10 
Doings  of  a  Dude,  20  min....  2  1 

Dutch  Cocktail,  20  min .  2 

For  Reform,  20  min .  4 

Fresh  Timothy  Hay,  20  min..  2  1 
Glickman,  the  Glazier,  25  min.  1  1 

Good  Momin’  Judge,  35  min..  9  2 

Her  Hero,  20  min .  1  1 

Hey,  Rube!  15  min .  1 

Homo  Run,  15  min .  1  1 

Jumbo  Jum,  30  min. .  4  3 

Little  Red  School  House,  20  m."  4 

Love  and  Lather,  35  min .  3  2 

Marriage  and  After,  10  min..  1 

Memphis ,  Mose,  25  min .  5  1 

Mischievous  Nigger,  25  min..  4  2 

Mistaken  Miss,  20  min .  1  1 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Fido,  20  min....  1  1 

Oh,  Doctor!  30  min .  6  2 

One  Sweetheart  for  Two,  20  m.  2 
Oshkosh  Next  Week,  20  min..  4 

Oyster  Stew,  10  min .  2 

Pete  Yansen’s  Gurl’s  Moder,  10m.  1 

Pickles  for  Two,  15  min .  2*. 

Pooh  Bah  of  Peacetown,  35  min.  2  2 
Prof.  Black’s  Funnygraph,  15  m.  6 

Sham  Doctor,  10  min .  4  2 

Si  and  I,  15  min .  1 

Special  Sale,  15  min .  2 

Stage  Struck  Darky,  10  min..  2  1 
Sunny  Son  of  Italy,  15  min..  1 

Time  Table,  20  min .  1  1 

Tramp  and  the  Actress,  20  min.  1  1 

Troubled  by  Ghosts,  10  min...  4 
Troubles  of  Rozinski,  15  min..  1 
Two  Jay  Detectives,  15  min..  3 
Umbrella  Mender,  15  min....  2 

Uncle  Jeff,  25  min . .  5  2 

What  Happened  to  Hannah,  15m.  1  1 


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